Chievo vs Napoli

14 April 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Bostjan Cesar 90’
  • Kalidou Koulibaly 15’, 81’
  • Arkadiusz Milik 64’

Match summary

Napoli took a 3-1 win at Chievo. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kalidou Koulibaly put Napoli ahead with a header in the 15th minute, set up by Dries Mertens. In the second half, Arkadiusz Milik made it 0-2 in the 64th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski, Koulibaly made it 0-3 from a corner in the 81st minute, and Bostjan Cesar pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 90th minute, set up by Sofian Kiyine.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.46 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Chievo's 0.17 from 7.

Match stats

Chievo Napoli
4 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.17 xG 1.46
0.17 Non-penalty xG 1.46
2 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Chievo Napoli
Kick-off
15’
Kalidou Koulibaly
Assist: Dries Mertens0-1 (Napoli)
Half-time0-1
64’
Arkadiusz Milik
Assist: Piotr Zielinski0-2 (Napoli)
81’
Kalidou Koulibaly0-3 (Napoli)
Bostjan Cesar
Assist: Sofian Kiyine1-3 (Chievo)
90’
Full-time1-3

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.17 1.46 15’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), 0-1 15’ 64’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), 0-2 64’ 81’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), 0-3 81’ 90’ Bostjan Cesar (Chievo), 1-3 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.17 1.46 15’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), 0-1 Koulibaly 15’ 64’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), 0-2 Milik 64’ 81’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), 0-3 Koulibaly 81’ 90’ Bostjan Cesar (Chievo), 1-3 Cesar 90’
Chievo 0.17 xGNapoli 1.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Napoli attacking Chievo attacking 
15’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.52 xG, goal 25’ Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 11’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 81’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 87’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 51’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ Emanuel Vignato (Chievo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 22’ Federico Barba (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 36’ Federico Barba (Chievo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 72’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Bostjan Cesar (Chievo), from a corner, 0.01 xG, goal 7’ Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 15’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.52 xG, goal 25’ Vlad Chiriches (Napoli), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 11’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 81’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 87’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 80’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 51’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 27’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 35’ Emanuel Vignato (Chievo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 6’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 41’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 53’ Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Federico Barba (Chievo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Federico Barba (Chievo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 90’ Bostjan Cesar (Chievo), from a corner, 0.01 xG, goal 7’ Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stefano Sorrentino GK900 0.000.000
Fabio Depaoli DEF900 0.000.000
Marco Andreolli DEF900 0.000.000
Bostjan Cesar DEF9011 0.010.000
Federico Barba DEF902 0.040.041
Perparim Hetemaj MID901 0.040.011
Emanuele Giaccherini MID900 0.000.021
Assane Diousse MID900 0.000.021
Emanuel Vignato MID671 0.040.021
Mariusz Stepinski FWD800 0.000.000
Riccardo Meggiorini FWD742 0.030.000
Mehdi Leris Sub230 0.000.000
Sergej Grubac Sub160 0.000.000
Sofian Kiyine Sub1010 0.000.011

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chievo win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00
Draw 18% Bet365 odds 5.25
Napoli win 73% Bet365 odds 1.30

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Chievo LDLLL
Napoli DWWLD

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.